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Contemporary America
​c. 1991-Today

The War on Terror

1990s-2020s

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​The War on Terror, 1990s-2020s

  • ​​The War on Terror
  • Assignments and Readings
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  • Videos

The War on Terror

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President Bush addresses rescue workers at Ground Zero. 2001.
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Ground Zero six days after the September 11th attacks.
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Despite George W. Bush’s ill-conceived photo op under a Mission Accomplished banner in May 2003, combat operations in Iraq continued for years. 
The War on Terror
  • 1993 World Trade Center bombing
  • Oklahoma City bombing
  • Ethnic cleansing
  • Al-Qaeda
  • Osama bin Laden
  • US embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya
  • USS Cole attack
  • George W. Bush
  • 9/11 terrorist attacks
  • Axis of Evil
  • War in Afghanistan
  • Taliban
  • USA Patriot Act
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Guantanamo Bay
  • WMD
  • Colin Powell
  • Iraq War
  • Abu Ghraib
  • North Korean nuclear proliferation
  • Airport security
  • Bradley/Chelsea Manning
  • Edward Snowden
  • Benghazi
  • Iranian nuclear deal
  • ISIS
  • Boston Marathon bombing
  • Unite the Right Rally
  • Mass shootings - Aurora, Sandy Hook shooting,  Charleston church, San Bernadino, Orlando night club, Las Vegas, Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, El Paso Walmart, Boulder grocery store, FedEx facility
  • Never Again MSD
  • Capitol Insurrection
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The War on Terror Quizlet
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Just weeks after seventeen students were murdered at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, more than two million Americans across the country participated in the March for Our Lives demonstration to advocate for more effective gun control laws. Several Stoneman Douglas students emerged as prominent national activists in the wake of the shooting. This photo of the demonstration, taken from the Newseum in Washington D.C., captures a graphic on the exterior of the museum listing five protections of the First Amendment.
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A Timeline of Domestic Extremism in the U.S., from Charlottesville to January 6
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PBS Frontline: American Insurrection In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, FRONTLINE, ProPublica and Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program team up to examine how far-right extremist groups have evolved in the wake of the deadly 2017 Charlottesville rally — and the threat they pose today.
Review:
  • Who was responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks and what damage was caused?
  • Why did the United States invade Afghanistan to remove the Taliban from power in 2001?
  • Why did the United States invade Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power in 2003?
  • What happened at Abu Ghraib prison, and how did it tarnish America's global reputation?
  • What caused the emergence of the Islamic State? 
  • What acts of domestic terrorism have afflicted the United States?
  • How has gun violence affected the United States in recent years?
  • What led to the Capitol Insurrection?

Assignments and Readings

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Americans Chapter 34: The United States in Today's World
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The American Yawp "Chapter 30: The Recent Past"
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Primary Sources

9/11 Commission Report, “Reflecting On A Generational Challenge” (2004)

On July 22, 2004, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States—or, the 9/11 Commission—delivered a 500-plus-page report that investigated the origins of the 9/11 attacks and America’s response and offered policy prescriptions for a post-9/11 world.


George W. Bush on the Post-9/11 World (2002)

In his 2002 State of the Union Address, George W. Bush proclaimed that the attacks of September 11 signaled a new, dangerous world that demanded American interventions. Bush identified an “Axis of Evil” and provided a justification for a broad “war on terror.”


Ground Zero (2001)

A worker stands in front of rubble from the World Trade Center at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan several weeks after the September 11 attacks.

Slideshows

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The Culture Wars and War on Terror - Bush 41 and Clinton.pdf from Dave Phillips
The Culture Wars and War on Terror - Bush 43 to Biden.pdf from Dave Phillips

Videos

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Digital History Textbook

The 21st Century

This chapter examines the disputed election of 2000; the presidency of George W. Bush; and the American responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.
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​The Disputed Election of 2000
The Presidency of George W. Bush
September 11, 2001

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  • America
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      • Essential Documents
    • 1492-1754
      • Colonization
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      • Revolution
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    • 1898-1945
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      • The War on Terror
  • Europe
    • Introduction
    • 1200-1450
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